Eliot Lamb has dreaded this occasion for the past three years of his life - the last night of university. Gathered with his mates in the King's Arms for one final, historic night on the lash, he begins the ultimate descent: Pub, Bar, and Club. As he stares into the foam of his debut pint, he knows that before the night reaches its climactic conclusion on the sweaty dance-floor of Filth he must solve the dilemma of his knotty love-life, risk his closest friendship, face up to a tragic secret, and deal with the fact that he hasn't a clue what to do with the rest of his life. "Noughties" raises a glass to all the youthful confusion, fierce ambition and helpless yearning that characterises student life. Eliot may know a lot about Renaissance poetry, the post-modern novel, French literary theory and how to get hammered at a highly competitive rate, but he is fast realising that adult life beckons, and it's going to be asking a lot more of him than that.
There's something of the early Martin Amis in Ben Masters' debut novel Dazed & Confused If you've been to university recently, this confident debut will infuriate you, make you laugh, trigger lots of nostalgia and leave you with a knowing smile Time Out Noughties is painful to read. Painful because it's funny and wildly literate and all too reminiscent of those lost nights finding your way in life through the puke, tongues and drinking games of your fellow students. It's real and tender and hilarious -- Nikesh Shukla -
Title: Noughties
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Contributors:
By (author)
Ben Masters
ISBN 13: 9780241145265
ISBN 10: 0241145260
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint: Hamish Hamilton Ltd
Publication Date: 2/02/2012
Place of Publication:
London,
United Kingdom
Edition:
BIC Subjects:
Modern fiction
NBS Classification: General & Literary Fiction
Dewey Classification:
823.92
(DC22)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 288
Height: 234mm
Width: 153mm
Thickness: 20mm
Weight: 377g